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The highway goes along the shore of Lake Brienz. The town is located in the watershed known as the [[Bödeli]]. |
The highway goes along the shore of Lake Brienz. The town is located in the watershed known as the [[Bödeli]]. |
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Bönigen has an area of {{km2 to mi2|15. |
Bönigen has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{km2 to mi2|15.12|abbr=on}}. Of this area, {{km2 to mi2|2.48|abbr=on}} or 16.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{km2 to mi2|8.66|abbr=on}} or 57.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{km2 to mi2|0.93|abbr=on}} or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), {{km2 to mi2|0.17|abbr=on}} or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and {{km2 to mi2|2.83|abbr=on}} or 18.7% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{de icon}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref> |
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Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. 49.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 6.5% is pastures and 8.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.8% is unproductive vegatation, 7.9% is too rocky for vegatation, .<ref name=BFS_land/> |
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==Demographics== |
==Demographics== |
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Revision as of 22:50, 2 April 2010
Bönigen | |
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 Bönigen from Lake Brienz | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bönigen  | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans Nyffenegger |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.1 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,535 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3806 |
| SFOS number | 0572 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Iseltwald, Gündlischwand, Gsteigwiler, Matten bei Interlaken, Wilderswil, Interlaken |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Bönigen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The name Bönigen ("of the people of the Bono clan") is composed of the Old High German personal name Bono and the toponymic suffix -ingun.
Bönigen belongs to the church parish of Gsteig bei Interlaken, which includes eight other nearby municipalities.
History
Bönigen is first mentioned in 1261 as villa Boningen.[3]
Geography
Bönigen lies in the Bernese Oberland at the south side of Lake Brienz. The village center lies in the northwest part of the municipality along the Lütschine up to the lake; it has nearly grown into Interlaken. The majority of the municipal area is located on the steep mountainsides, where such peaks as the Loucherhorn (Template:M to ft), the Rotflue (Template:M to ft) and the Schynige Platte are found.
The highway goes along the shore of Lake Brienz. The town is located in the watershed known as the Bödeli.
Bönigen has an area, as of 2009[update], of Template:Km2 to mi2. Of this area, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 16.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Km2 to mi2 or 57.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), Template:Km2 to mi2 or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and Template:Km2 to mi2 or 18.7% is unproductive land.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. 49.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 6.5% is pastures and 8.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.8% is unproductive vegatation, 7.9% is too rocky for vegatation, .[4]
Demographics
Bönigen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,569.[5] As of 2007[update], 5.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.6%), with English being second most common ( 0.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.7%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (25.7%), the FDP (11.5%) and the local small left-wing parties (8.8%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bönigen about 78.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Bönigen has an unemployment rate of 1.72%. As of 2005[update], there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 317 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 35 businesses in this sector. 270 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 49 businesses in this sector.[6] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1764 | 346 |
| 1850 | 1,263 |
| 1900 | 1,515 |
| 1950 | 1,734 |
| 2000 | 2,182 |
Literature
- Paul Michel: Bönigen. Bönigen, 1989, ISBN 3-905454-01-7
External links
- www.boening.ch Template:De icon Official site
- Bönigen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
References
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b Bönigen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 11-Jun-2009
